AUBURN, Alabama -- For most of the nation's top recruits, the recruiting process is starting to wind down, a long and exhausting process spent fielding daily calls and contacts from schools across the country.

For Pinson Valley's Zach Cunningham, the process is just beginning.

Cunningham took his first official visit to Auburn this weekend, plans to visit Oregon next week and finish the process out with trips to Vanderbilt and Tennessee.

"I'm going to wait and take all my visits before I decide on anything," Cunningham said. "My recruiting didn't really start until the ninth week of my senior season, so I'm kind of new to it. I haven't really had time, and I'm trying to give everybody a chance."

His mom, who made the trip to Auburn with Cunningham, will play a big role in his decision.

"My mom, she really wants me to stay close to home so she can come watch my games, so I can go home and visit on the weekends," Cunningham said.

"He's taking his first official visit, so I want him to help see everything he didn't see," his Pinson Valley teammate, Auburn commit Earnest Robinson, said. "I'm still helping Zach choose what best fits him. You know, he really likes Auburn."

After he takes his four official visits, Cunningham plans to decide among those four, but he liked what he saw out of Auburn on his first official visit.